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"S.D.Q. '98"
Abetted by old friends (keyboard crazy
Augie Meyers) and new acquaintances (the Gourds), Sir Doug Sahm
concocts a typically savory stew filled with country, Cajun,
blues, Tex-Mex, and rock. "When you're feelin' like Hermann
Hesse / and you're playin' too much chess / just have a beer,
no need to fear / and get a life," Doug Sahm sings on the
irresistible bubble-gum pop of "Get a Life." Next thing
you know, steel guitar whines (thanks to Tommy Detamore) on the
country weeper "St. Olav's Gate" while the Samm Dogg
croons, "It's red meat and whiskey like a coyote drunk on
the moon." And so it goes, as Sahm and the Texas Tornado
rolls through sloppy garage country, retro-soul ballads, buoyant
groove rock, a Ray Price cover, and a steel-drenched send-up
of "The Ballad of Davy Crockett." Tornado indeed! --Marc
Greilsamer |
Customer review from Amazon
Reviewer: Ned Rinalducci from Savannah,
Ga
SDQ 98 has become my favorite album associated with the late
and truly great Sahm. My discovery of Sahm's music went backwards
from the Texas Tornados to his earlier solo and Sir Douglas Quintet
work. SDQ 98 has the best of the Sahm sound. Blended genres--rock,
blues, country, tex-mex--it is all here in some of the most melodious
work Sir Doug has ever done. Joined on this one by his long time
collaborator Augie Meyers, his son Shawn and alternative country
pioneers the Gourds, the songs on this album will make you appreciate
what a talent we lost when this music legend left us. His spirit,
however, will live on in great recordings like this one. If you
were ever a fan of Sahm, the Sir Douglas Quintet, or the Texas
Tornados, you must have this album. |
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